We searched behind all the paintings on the walls. "First, we examined the furniture in every room. "Tell me how you looked for it," he said. But we cannot find it."ĭupin stopped smoking. For the last three months, my men and I have spent every evening looking for the letter in his apartment. "As you know, I have keys which can open any lock in Paris. D'Arcy plans to use the letter to embarrass Madame X's husband and destroy his political power. We also know it is somewhere in his apartment. "We know that her husband's political enemy, Mr. She is offering a large amount of money to anyone who can return the letter to her. Three months ago, someone stole a letter from Madame X. I cannot tell you her name, because her husband is a powerful man in the French government.
"The wife of a very important person needs help. "But you must never tell anyone I told you this." "Why don't you tell us the problem?" I said. "Perhaps the mystery is too simple," he said. But we still cannot solve it."ĭupin took the pipe out of his mouth.
"My men and I have worked on this case for three months," Germont said. But I thought you would like to hear about it, because it is so strange. It is also a very simple case, so I really need your help. "I am trying to solve a very important case. "I came to ask your advice," Germont said to my friend Dupin. Germont, the head of the Paris police force, came into the room. We were smoking our pipes and talking when the door of his apartment opened. One evening in Paris, during the autumn of 1845, I went to visit a friend, Auguste Dupin. The Purloined Letter (By Edgar Allan Poe)ĭownload MP3 (Right-click or option-click the link.) The word "purloined" means "stolen."
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